Cake tins

Twee.

I need to get some cake tins for a tiered wedding cake, ideally 6, 8 and 10inch and 3 or 4 inch deep.

Any recommendations on where to buy, online or in store? Saw some sets on Amazon but as usual the delivery charge is a rip off.

Checking out Decobake and Sweeney O’Rourke in town this week.

RacoonQueen

Homestore and more would usually have good selection. I have the below in different sizes.
https://www.homestoreandmore.ie/baking-trays-dishes/connoisseur-cake-pan-9%22/057155.html?cgid=baking-trays-dishes

coylemj

The big Tescos (superstores) have a homeware section where they sell cake tins.

harr

Can’t fault decobake in clane....cake tins are a lot better quality than the usual high street stores, of course with better quality comes more expense...
Always find those working in decobake great for advice on what exactly I need.

coylemj

OP mentioned a wedding which suggests this is a one-off so I think the cake tins on sale in the specialist baking shops will probably be a bit pricey.

sdp

If its any help to you, I have a 6inch and a 8 inch high sided loose bottom tins, which your more then welcome to borrow, can possible send them to you.
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phormium

Bring a measuring tape, many are not as described, sometimes measured from edge of lip to other edge which can be nearly a full inch wider than the actual tin bit if there is a lip on the tin. Better chance of accuracy buying in main specialist shops but lots of cheaper tins out there for a one off but measure them!

Secondly I'd actually bake the cakes in layers, a lot easier than trying to bake a very deep cake successfully unless of course you are talking about chocolate biscuit cake.

rubadub

phormium wrote: »

Secondly I'd actually bake the cakes in layers,.

They have shallow ones in dealz for 1.50.

Not sure of the size, they fit in a standard philips airfryer if you take the basket out.

I don't bake a lot but I wonder if you could just get one big tin, say 10" and trim the cakes down to size and just eat the cutoff bits. Even if it was binned it probably works out cheaper than buying dedicated tins you may never use again.

coylemj

rubadub wrote: »

I don't bake a lot but I wonder if you could just get one big tin, say 10" and trim the cakes down to size and just eat the cutoff bits. Even if it was binned it probably works out cheaper than buying dedicated tins you may never use again.

For the top tier (6" square), the OP would have to discard almost two-thirds (64%) of the cake and to achieve an 8" square middle tier, 36% of a cake baked in a 10" square tin would have to be sliced off. Combining the two, that means that you would have to slice off the equivalent of the whole bottom 10" square - 100 square inches (top surface area) of cake.

For a rich wedding cake, that's an awful lot of brandy, raisins, sultanas etc.. And given that the wedding cake will have three tiers, the cut-offs would probably end up in the bin. Terrible waste.

phormium

Great maths but even though the OP hasn't said what type very few wedding cakes these days are square and even less are all fruit cake.

If I was trying to do the cheapest tins I'd probably use tinfoil dishes which could be used as sandwich tins, they come in several sizes and you could probably at least get the 6&8 in those whatever about a 10.

Dizzyblonde

I was in Woodies this morning and they have 50% off all their baking tins.

Twee.

Update! I got a 6 and 8 inch in Home Store, and the 10 in Decobake. The 10 will definitely be split into two layers, not totally decided on the middle one yet! Top is lemon drizzle. Doing a practice run this week for a wedding anniversary party. Joint effort between myself and my mam- let’s see who loses the rag first lol.

SDP thank you so much for the offer, I missed your message during the week.